Hello,

Any suggestions for algorithms implementable in perl to create round tuits? Input would be a string; algorithm attempts to lay it out in a circle and displays the best possible arrangement. 

  
                                       It's
                                    been said
                                  ever so often
                                by many an expert
                              that in ol' plain text
                                one neer can get a
                                 round tuit, but
                                    just look
                                       here

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Would help if algorithm can give the author clues regarding where to add or remove words, where to use longer or shorter or hyphenatable words. (The longer the message, the more circular the appearance of the output is likely to be.) Would help to output a numerical measure of the circularness of the output.

Since Damian (Conway) asks for tuits in his interview, it would help if the solution used his Text::Autoformat!

Besides algorithms, any suggestions for texts for potential tuits?

Incidentally, the first time I saw the word tuit was a few days ago while reading Damian's interview cited above. I then looked for "tuit" at www.m-w.com (doesn't exist!) and googled for info on it. I found a fake history of tuits and a boring tuit.

Also, in the history of tuits I came across an interesting British expression that I had never heard before, viz., "pull your finger out": "This round ‘Tuit’ was a sign from her people and her son, Tuitkharmen, that she needed to pull her finger out and finish the project."

In reply to Round tuits via Text::Autoformat or other ways by sg

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